Yep, an external one. Toughest part is figuring out how to work with all
the different way the modem can choose not to work, and detect and reset
problems.  Not TOO tough, but can burn a lot of code space.

Dale
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On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Tony Nixon wrote:

> Has anyone interfaced a PIC to a modem before?
>
> Any pointers :-)

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